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JMIR Publications today announced the release of a timely new article in its News and Perspectives section, examining the emerging risks of autonomous AI systems interacting within clinical environments.

Researchers at the University of Oxford developed matrix-assisted room-temperature (MART) drying to stabilize proteins at room temperature on cellulose matrices. Published in Engineering, it removes cold-chain reliance, offering a cheap way to store biopharmaceuticals, especially in resource-limited areas.

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, yet quantifying its emissions remains difficult at large scales. 

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València, part of the Valencian University Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN) and ValgrAI, has participated in the development of ADeLe, a new methodology that offers precise explanations and predictions regarding whether large language models (LLMs) will succeed or fail at specific new tasks they have not yet performed. Furthermore, this methodology identifies exactly the limits of any given model's reasoning capacity.

Researchers have demonstrated a new class of low-cost, scalable sensors that can be used to monitor electrical activity in human cerebral organoids. Because electrical signals are key to understanding brain function, this advance facilitates research into both neurodevelopment and genetic disorders such as Angelman syndrome.

Glioma remains one of the deadliest brain cancers, characterized by aggressive growth and limited treatment options. In a new study, researchers from Ningxia Medical University uncovered that choline kinase alpha (CHKA) directly interacts with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) to activate the MAPK signaling pathway, thereby promoting glioma cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. This discovery sheds light on a previously unrecognized oncogenic axis, the CHKA/EGFR/MAPK pathway, offering fresh opportunities for targeted glioma therapy.

The inherent dispersion of laser beams limits their effectiveness in precision applications. Researchers at Chiba University, with collaborators in the USA and India, developed a compact approach combining a Bessel lens and a flat multilevel diffractive lens to generate sharply defined, robust nondiffracting optical bottle beams. These beams feature alternating high-contrast regions and remain propagation-invariant over distances beyond 5 cm, enabling applications in advanced imaging, optical trapping, harmonic generation, micromachining, and high-fidelity quantum operations.